DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,928

Q.E.P. CO. INC.
HARRIS WOOD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFF PRO
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury
or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market
disruption or threat thereof under section
421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register
under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination
described in subparagraph (1) is published in
the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2);
or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 29, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Q.E.P. Co., Inc., Harris Wood, Boca Raton,
Florida (Q.E.P.). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Staff Pro. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of wood flooring.
The investigation revealed that, on December 7, 2011, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reasons of imports
from China of multi-layered wood flooring.
A petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance has been filed
on behalf of workers of Q.E.P.
The subject firm was publicly identified by name by the
ITC as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in a category of determination that is listed in
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). That
determination was published in the Federal Register on
December 7, 2011, which is within one year of the date of the
petition filed requesting TAA certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Q.E.P. Co., Inc.,
Harris Wood, Boca Raton, Florida, who are engaged in support
activities related to the production of wood flooring, meet
the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Q.E.P. Co., Inc., Harris Wood, including
on-site leased workers from Staff Pro, Boca Raton,
Florida, who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after December 7, 2010, through the


date of the certification and who become totally or
partially separated from that employment from the date of
the certification through December 7, 2012, are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of September, 2012

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance